I'm calling today Sunday

I got back from Birds of a Feather late yesterday afternoon and immediately collapsed in the recliner and didn't move much more after that. I had a fantastic time but, working from home, I'm not used to being around so many people so I always find crowds exhausting. But this was a really good crowd and it was great to reconnect with other teachers and some of my new owner students. I loved both of the classes that I taught and hope to get the opportunity to teach again next year.

Before I left I worked so hard to get my applique ready to take with me and then barely took a stitch. I came home to my brother's every night and vegged out with a movie. The last night we even had a double header. But I did shop!

I talk a lot about Superior Threads but I also like YLI a lot and most of their threads are made in the USA. Their booth was right next to where I was selling my Crystals fabric so I spent a lot of time talking to them. The Longarm Essentials is a brand new thread that they developed for The Longarm Network. I bought these 2 colors to try out on some of my veterans quilts. The pale gray will be perfect for the next 4 quilts. The tan variegated is  YLI Variations, a trilobal polyester. I have this in a darker brown called Teddy that is beautiful. This one is Fawn and I love that it has a tiny bit of a pale olive to blend with the golds.

Then I spied these hand dyed cotton ribbon threads! These are YLI Quilt Highlights and I can't wait to try them on some postcards. You can see that you can even pull a thread for a ruched effect. I will be playing with these very soon. 

These are the rayon/metallic versions of the YLI Quilt Highlights. Of course I had to get these for my Christmas postcards for this year. The green one is called Night Sky and the red one is called Night Embers. Very fancy.

My friend, Terry, bought these for me and I was thrilled to find them. They are really for holding oil but I need it for glue basting. It's going to be much better that what I'm using now.

Jamie Wallen and Lisa Calle were both there selling their rulers. I have almost all of Jamie's rulers except for the small pebbles/circles. His have handles which are perfect for most people but not for me. I found my missing sizes in Lisa's booth. These are her ProPebbles rulers and she has great instructional videos on her site on how to use them.

The bonus of the weekend was this cool beach tote that the conference attendees received. I'll be toting this to the beach in a few months.

Today I decided is going to be a Sunday. I'm not going to do much work. I'll catch up on laundry and work on my applique. I'll get back to work tomorrow.